Ezekiel 6:4 - So your altars will become desolate and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.
Today's passage is set amidst prophecy of Jerusalem and the Temple being destroyed by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar. Keep in mind that Ezekiel's prophecy occurs roughly a decade prior to that destruction, and that Ezekiel is already in captivity - the judgment of God is already being visited upon the people. The time to repent is now - destruction is here now! Yet, when the final destruction comes, the slain fall in front of their idols. Why would they be in front of their idols at this time? Sadly, because they were praying for deliverance from Babylon TO those idols. Today we discuss this and wonder, when the final judgment comes upon our nation, what idols will we be slain in front of?
